Middle English Dictionary Entry
hīrling n.
Entry Info
Forms | hīrling n. |
Etymology | OE hȳrling |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hīre n.
1.
One who works for wages, a hired servant.
Associated quotations
- (1459) Doc.in HMC Rep.10 App.5300 : No..man of the saide citie shal receve none apprentice nother hirlyng.